Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Fatina (Avia) costei, Ostrea costei, Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei
Synonyms: Ostrea (Crassostrea) costei Coquand 1962, Ostrea hissarensis Romanowski 1884, Pycnodonta costei Pervinquiere 1912
Belongs to Pycnodonte according to G. M. El Qot 2006
See also Bobkova 1961 and Malchus 1990
Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte nigeriensis, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Algeria (3), Egypt (5), Tunisia (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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